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This Week:

For the longest time, Mike and ally, Card Captor Will, have said that most of their phone conversations are basically podcast fodder and should be recorded as such. With Mike preparing for a two week vacation after dealing with his basement being flooded (Mmmm, love that feel of drenched linoleum) and knowing full well that it’s been awhile since R5 Central has had any content, he decides to take Will up on his offer. Hilarity ensues with talk of their thoughts on the newest addition to the Go-Onger team, Emo Stegosauruses, and Mike challenging Rain to a dance off DDR. Be afraid.

PRODUCTION NOTES:

-Yes I know the quality isn’t the best. My AC was on in the background and the external hard drive was running next to the mic and the speaker phone. Pulled a Patrick Macias in the sense that I just want to get this out there.

-Those two challenges stand. Although, if the video response to Ice T is any indicator, I think I may just stick with my challenge to Rain. That and it’d be a lot more fun…SO BRING IT ON RAIN!

-And I know I flubbed the spelling. Working on that….

MAIN THEME: Space Adventure Cobra OP

CLIPS: Soulja Boy Tokyo Trip Excerpt and “Sad Tango” - Rain

In case you’re too lazy to look them up

-The aforementioned clip with SB (which is fightin’ words in my book :p)

-The opening to Space Sheriff Sharivan. I’m serious, I want to find that spot. Lightsabers optional.

-Rain in action in a live performance of Sad Tango

-And here’s Max 300 in action…

That picture pretty much sums up part of the reason why there’s been a bit of delay with the next few episodes. Bunch of tornados hit locally and due to the storming, my basement got flooded and as such, I’ve been busy with trying to salvage it alongside my Dad. Stay tuned though for ACen the Final which should hopefully be coming soon.

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This Week:
In a fit of generosity, Mike decides to open the gift bag early and unleash the bonus feature for the Anime Central 08 coverage; the anticipated interview with Jason David Frank, Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, and Robert Axelrod!

LINKS MENTIONED:
-Episode 51 Contest
-R5 Central Myspace Page
-Rising Sun Karate - JDF’s Martial Arts Academy

VIDS FOR YOUR PLEASURE

-JDF’s original challenge to Austin St. John

-JDF, Karan, and Steve “Morphing it Out” at the Ranger Fans Panel that I ended up missing (You’ll have to go to the site the view it, embedding is disabled for some reason…)

-The original Cybertron presentation that would later become VR Troopers

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Thanks to a generous gesture by the lovely people at Media Blasters, Anime Central was privy to early copies of The Machine Girl. Three guesses as to what we in the Freakin’ Suite were doing as soon as I got back to the room with a copy?

No, it didn’t involve alcohol.

Stay tuned for more teasers leading up to what may be R5 Central’s last bout at Anime Central…

While recovering from the vengeance of Murphy’s Law that took place during his venture to Anime Central 2008, I came up with an idea to do a teaser video for the R5 coverage of the con, making a parody out of the opening to the Japanese crime drama classic, “The Great Chase”.

Download the HQ Version here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U02SIT1O

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This Week:
Due to a bit of a scheduling mishap, Episode 51 which was supposed to be released Friday, hasn’t been finished yet. While Mike scrambles around the clock to finish it for your listening pleasure, he has uploaded this in the meantime: His new attempt at the Nico Nico Douga Musical Suite. Be Afraid.

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This Week:
Recently, ally in arms, Keith Hayward was something of a lucky bastard. With portable mic in hand, he managed to attend the wrap party and final shooting day for the highly-anticipated series, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Included in this episode of R5, aside from a musical tribute to Kirinji’s 10th Anniversary, are Keith’s take on his sneak peek of the first four episodes along with brief interviews with Matt Mullins and Mark Musashi.

PRODUCTION NOTES
-Yes I cheated a bit on the episode release date. Iron Man and Otaku USA really pushed this one back a bit. Oh well, it’s the R5 Mantra: Better Late Than Never.

OP THEME: Alive A Life - Rica Matsumoto
ED THEME: Lonely Soldier - Satoshi Matsuda

BGM
NEXT LEVEL (Karaoke) - YU-KI
Sora e… - KC Saito
Himitsu Piano - KC Saito

KABUTO GIVEAWAY PICS
Okay, here are the pics: (More coming, WP is acting up)

Oooh…badass Kabuto figure….

Here’s the damage in question. It’s not as bad as it looks, the belt still connects and if you’re customizing it, you’ve got your work cut out for you. This is what I get for working retail -_-

If you want this package, remember, head on over to R5 Central @ Myspace, click the Make a Donation button and donate $1.50 to get a ticket (3 ticket max per person). One lucky winner will receive the pack. The contest runs until May 31st June 30th so go go go!

LINKS

-Kirinji - “7 -seven-” @ CD Japan
-Otaku USA Magazine OFFICIAL SITE
-Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Trailer
-R5 Central Twitter
-R5 Central Facebook Group

Art by Jamie Noguchi
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This Week:
Two years ago, a hot blooded youth from the future and his Cyber Assistant started a Japanese Pop Culture podcast that has since evolved into a Giant Flaming Katamari of Epic Chaos ™. This week, Mike, Sylene, and Mai celebrate 50 episodes of the continued run of the GFKoEC that is R5 Central with this Mega Episode to shatter the heavens. So massive, in fact, that it has to be split up into THREE episodes!

Featured in this portion: Short but sweet segments featuring Mike and Card Captor Will going on about Kamen Rider Den-O and later Sylene with the first four episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva. Also, the long-awaited Well Wish Montage, the Pick of the Week…and a quick glimpse at the future after the credits that you can’t afford to miss!

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

PRODUCTION NOTES:
-Finally! Episode 50 is done! Thanks again to all the well wishers out there and a very special thanks goes to Jamie Noguchi from Angry Zen Master for doing the awesome sketch used in this episode’s banner.

-Yes you heard right. Next episode has our ally in arms, Keith Hayward schmoozing with the cast and crew of the forthcoming Kamen Rider Dragon Knight! The big highlights however will be our brief chats with Mark Musashi and Matt Mullins (Wing Knight) and a few surprises along the way!

-So what is the story with the Mike from the future? What caused Sylene to black out? This will be revealed in a forthcoming audio side story that’s set to come out soon.

OP THEME: Potential Break Up Song
ED THEME: Yellow - Kaela Kimura
INTERLUDE 1: I’m A Little Slut - lovelyangel (Episode 50B)
INTERLUDE 2: “Tuning” - Chocolat and Akito (Episode 50B)
PICK OF THE WEEK: “Jelly Beans” - EEE

OPENING CM: Sony MD Feat. Jamiroquai

BGM:
If We Met In Dreams - 175R
Action Zero - Yuuto and Deneb
Climax Jump - AAA
Break The Chain - Tourbillion
Himitsu Piano - RC Saito

VID LINKS:

Sawada Slaughter Montage from Kamen Rider Faiz

….YES, here’s the Jungle Fury rant. *Sigh*

For the April Fool’s episode of Rangercast (which can be heard here), Mike volunteered his services in cooking up a parody promo for a possibility that every fan dreads: “What if 4Kids dubbed Garo?”

….Yeah, I’m getting the jibblies just thinking about it.

Click Here to download and here the travesty for yourself. In the meantime, stay tuned. Episode 50c will be out shortly. Hopefully. With cream.

PRODUCTION NOTES
-Zaruba’s voice is supposed to be a parody of Keyop from Battle of the Planets, better known as Another Great Sin of Sandy Frank

CAST
Narrator: RitoRevolto/Tyler
Kouga: Mike Dent
Zaruba: Mike Dent
Sally: Merodi/Cathy Rinella
Rei: LoranBasaraEvin

BGM
Select tracks from the GARO OST

Written By Mike Dent and Tyler
Mixed, Produced, and Directed By Mike Dent

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Featured in this portion: The Best of 07 which includes talk of Desperate Table Loving, Mai’s attempt to audition for Macross Frontier, and Mike finally figuring out how to pronounce B’z among other things. Oh and there’s a music interlude and possibly more well wishing messages.

PRODUCTION NOTES
-It’s taken me three days to try and get this thing uploaded to no avail. Put it up on Rapidshare for the time being until I can figure out an alternative means of upload that doesn’t suck.

-This is yet another episode involving Skype sessions. I know it dragged on a bit but it went better than I thought it could have. Fun bit to mention though is that the entire Best of 07 segment was improv.

-The song in the beginning is a parody of Kumi Koda’s “BUT” by Youtube user Ayu4real. Seemed all the more fitting due to the radio incident. She’s done a whole bunch of stuff in the past on YT but her accounts keep vanishing sadly.

OPENING CM: “Suntory Reserve: Kurosawa and Coppola - Passion of Friendship”
IN SONG 1: “I’m a Little Slut” - Ayu4real
IN SONG 2: “Tuning” - Chocolat and Akito

BGM
Funky Fanfare
Sora-iro Days - Shoko Nakagawa
Densetsu - Boukenger VS Super Sentai
Chosen Soldier - ISSA
Juken Sentai Gekiranger - Tanayuki Tanimoto
Ging Nang Boyz - Ai Don Wana Dai
SUPER LOVE SONG - B’z
Akanezora - Remioromen
Tokyo Boogie Back - DJ OZMA
古い日記 - Akiko Wada

Please go out and buy music from the artists featured in this episode!!!

THE LIST:

Best Tokusatsu Series or Movie: Cutie Honey THE LIVE
Runner Up: Kawaii! JenNy*

Worst Tokusatsu Series or Movie: GoGo Sentai Boukenger VS Super Sentai
Runner Up: Kamen Rider THE NEXT

Tokusatsu Sleeper Hit: Juken Sentai Gekiranger
Runner Up: Kaiki Daisakusen SECOND FILE

Best Anime Series: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Runner Up: Afro Samurai
Honorable Mention: Kotetsushin Jeeg, Lucky Star

Worst Anime Series: Dancouga Nova
Runner Up: Tie - Reideen/Naruto Shippuden
Honorable Mention: Sky Girls

Anime Series I’m Glad I Never Got Into: Higurashi no Naku Koro (When They Cry)
Runner Up: None

Best Manga: Sakigake! Cromartie High School
Runner Up: Kamen Rider: Story of Hero Creators

Best Asian Film: Kantoku Banzai
Runner Up: GeGeGe no Kitaro

Best Film That I Should Have Seen By Now: Zura Deka
Runner Up: Stray Cat Rock: Onna Bancho Blues

Film That I Really Wish I Could Have Seen: Vexille
Runner Up: TIE- Shin Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden/DaiNipponjin/Run Papa Run

Best J-Music Album: “COSMICOLOR” - m-flo
Runner Up: “Termination” - 9mm Parabellum Bullet
Honorable Mention: “I LOVE PARTY PEOPLE 2″ - DJ OZMA, “Round About” - SEAMO, “Ah, Domo. Hajimemashite - GReeeeN

Best J-Music PV: “Ai Don Wana Dai” - GING NANG BOYZ
Runner Up: “SUPER LOVE SONG” - B’z

Best J-Music Single: “Wana” - THE BACK HORN
Runner Up: “Tekito LOVER” - Emyli feat. VERBAL
Honorable Mention: “Akanezora” - Remioromen, “Looking For” - SPITZ, “fake star” - Ken Hirai, “FREE FREE”/”Potential Break Up Song” - Ami Suzuki

Best Thing to Come Out of 2007: Tsuburaya’s First Major Victory Against Chaiyo
Runner Up: A.C.E. 3 THE FINAL
Honorable Mention: Musical Suite of NicoNico Douga, Macross Frontier Special, BCI Tokusatsu Releases

Worst Thing To Come Out of 2007: Klingons VS Furries
Runner Up: Nothing I can think of that could top that…

Biggest Disappointment of 2007: Tie - Dancouga Nova/Reideen
Runner Up: Ultraseven X

Anime WTF Moment Of The Year: Nina’s Table Loving - Code Geass
Runner Up: Touma’s Mid-Mech Battle Pregnancy (Genesis of Aquarion OVA: Wings of Glory)

Most Anticipated Anime of 2008: Macross Frontier
Runner Up: Tie - Code Geass Series 2/Gothicmade

Most Anticipated Tokusatsu Series/Movie of 2008: Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers
Runner Up: Kamen Rider Kiva

Most Anticipated Asian Film of 2008: Machine Girl
Runner Up: Tie - Sukiyaki Western Django/Sakigake! Otoko-Juku/Chocolate

Sadly enough, I cannot find the Ai Don Wana Dai music video due to multiple removals from YouTube by SpaceShower TV. Yay for copyright hounds. If anybody can get me a copy of this PV, a thousand internets for you.

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This Week:
Two years ago, a hot blooded youth from the future and his Cyber Assistant started a Japanese Pop Culture podcast that has since evolved into a Giant Flaming Katamari of Epic Chaos ™. This week, Mike, Sylene, and Mai celebrate 50 episodes of the continued run of the GFKoEC that is R5 Central with this Mega Episode to shatter the heavens. So massive, in fact, that it has to be split up into THREE episodes!

Featured in this portion: a follow up review of Sukeban Deka: Codename Asamiya Saki with Erin and Noah from Ninja Consultant, news of a possible Godman sequel, and Daryl Surat. Need I say more on that subject?

PRODUCTION NOTES

-Cool Edit almost didn’t survive this episode. Seriously, I came THIS close to doing a system purge due to the fact that every time I opened or closed a file, it crashed. Re-installed the program three times and I still had this glitch, losing a bunch of sessions in the process and holding back my original release for this episode, hence the outdated news. So far, it’s still stable, wish me luck on the rest of the segments….

-The opening sketch is a parody of the famous Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie sketch, “Grey and Hopeless”. See attached.

-The other Kenta Fukasaku film that I hinted at during Project Follow-Up was none other than last year’s X-Cross. Like Yo-Yo Girl CopCodename, it looks like it has only one redeeming scene: Shoko Nakagawa fighting off Ami Suzuki dressed as a eyepatch wearing, giant scissor wielding GothLoli maid with nothing more than a chainsaw.

The good side to this: We got Ami Suzuki’s cover of “Potential Break Up Song”.
The worst of it: We’re getting a remake of this in the States.

-Bit of famous firsts this episode. This marks the first episode that I’ve used Skype sessions. I’m rather happy with how the editing turned out. This also marks the first use of the Pre-Intro commercial. Every episode from now on will start out with audio from a rather interesting retro Japanese commercial.

-Special thanks to Erin, Noah, and Daryl for appearing in this episode. Oh and thanks to Tyler I suppose…even though you made Mai cry.

OP THEME: Potential Break Up Song - Ami Suzuki meets Aly & AJ
CM OPENING Michael Jackson - Suzuki Love

BGM
-Episode 1 Title - Kamen Rider Faiz OST
-Love Me After 12AM (RAM RIDER Remix) - m-flo loves Alex (CLAZZIQUAI PROJECT)
-Nagato no Kohaku - Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya OST

INSTANT WIN/EPIC FAIL: Tsuburaya Victory/Chaiyo’s Defeat

NEWS LINKS
-Lupin III: Green VS Red Official Site
-Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Official Site
-Godman/Greenman DVD Box @ SciFi Japan
-Takashi Miike Zatoichi Stage Adaptation Trailer

PROJECT FOLLOW UP: Sukeban Deka: Codename=Asamiya Saki
-Series 2, Episode 24: The Last Time We Talked About This Movie
-Idollica’s Sukeban Deka Page: Everything you’ve ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask

VID LINKS:

-Taekwon V CG Test Footage

-Here’s everything you ever need to see of Godman…

-Trailers for the Sukeban Deka movies

-A clip from the infamous sandwich scene. Yeah I know, I forgot they were in New York City

Final Action 1.5 and 2.0 coming soon! Stay tuned folks.

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This Week:
Last year, Mike challenged CardCaptor Will by daring him to attend the Midwest Fur Fest convention with a microphone on hand to incite chaos. He agreed under the condition that he would be slightly intoxicated for the duration of the outing. Mike agreed. Sadly this is one of the few surviving pieces of audio from that outing. Be afraid.

Figure there’s no better way to start up the celebrations for Episode 50 than by putting up an audio mash up of Will being tipsy and…singing m-flo. Yeah.

Either way, sorry for the wait and stay tuned!

PRODUCTION NOTES:
-This episode went through two remixes and one cast change, and it still missed the initial Christmas Day deadline. As such, the Post Timestamp was altered to keep it within continuity.

-References to “The Blitz” are allusions to the events of Parts 1 and 2 of Autumn Blitz which will be hitting the net (hopefully) soon.

OP THEME - Potential Break Up Song - Ami Suzuki Joins Aly and AJ
ED THEME - Yellow - Kaela Kimura

PICK OF THE WEEK - Kokoriko Bushi - OMODAKA

NEWS: Great Decisive Battle Recap
-Ultraman Movie.jp
-Leaked Pictures
-Full Rumor List
-Climax Stories Article @ SciFi Japan

FEATURE 1: Tokusatsu Hero THE MOVIE DVD Box
-CD Japan Link

FEATURE 2: Challenge from the Year 1967: Seven VS Seven X
-Ultraseven @ Wikipedia
-Ultraseven X Series Guide @ SciFi Japan

REFERENCE VTR:

Mighty Jack


UFO

Kaiki Daisakusen Clip


Fireman

Mirrorman

THINGS I DON’T GET
-Zaido Fans
-Eurythmics Ring Tone Of Death
-Anime Second Life
-Kiva Main Staff

BGM LIST
-Select Tracks from Toei Battle Theme Collection
-Take me Higher - V6
-Shinin on Love - Masaaki Endoh and Kageyama Hironobu
-Select Tracks from Mirrorman Music File 1
-Select Tracks from Ultraseven Music Files 1 and 2
-Another Day Comes - Pay to my Pain
-Rocket - POLYSICS
-Himitsu Piano - KC Saito

SPECIAL THANKS:
-Cat, Ty, and Chibi for lending their voices to this episode
-Everybody for their support after the break in

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This Week:
In the homestretch to Episode 50 and to celebrate the holidays, Mike has cooked up a collection of Christmas tunes. Featuring Japanese Christmas classics, both past and present, this mixtape should make for some pleasant ambiance as you tear into those presents on Christmas Morning.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
-The name of the mixtape comes from the special card that came with the DX Faiz Blaster toy.

I still think Faiz was a crap series but god it had some sweet toys. I still want an Adult Faiz Driver damnit -_-

-Additionally, yes that is an actual command code used on the toy itself that you hear in the beginning. By pressing “1-2-2-5″, you activate the MERRY CHRISTMAS jingle. To top that off, after pressing “2-0-0-4″, you get a special HAPPY NEW YEAR chime.

CRIMSON CHRISTMAS TRACKLIST
1.) Intro - Gun Form
2.) Clip: 1-2-2-5
3.) Luv (sic.) pt 3 feat. Shing02 - Nujabes
4.) Clip: Guzen Radio’s Christmas Picks (From Series 1, Episode 12)
5.) White Light - Namie Amuro
6.) Hitori no Merry Christmas - Asia Engineer
7.) 12 Gatsu 17 Hi - Crazy Ken Band
8.) POP STAR X fake star (MASH UP) - Ken Hirai
9.) Clip: Monkee’s Mistletoe (From The Monkees’ Christmas Special)
10.) Chocolate - Tegomasu
11.) Yakusoku no Kakera - w-inds.
12.) Arigatou no Uta - V6
13.) Royal Chocolate Flush - MISIA
14.) Konayuki - Remioromen
15.) Kimi no Kiseki - SOULHEAD
16.) TOKYO BOOGIE BACK - DJ OZMA
17.) Clip: Guzen Echoes (From Series 1, Episode 12)
18.) White Love - SPEED
19.) Hurry X’mas - L’arc~en~Ciel

**The use of these songs is solely for promotional purposes with no intent to infringe upon any copyrights whatsoever. The songs are the property of their respective record labels and artists.

And for the love of god, if you really like what you hear, get off your ass and buy these singles/albums!

Merry Christmas ^_^

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Here at R5, I’m always looking to try and take things a step up from the current status quo…and I think I’ve finally done it. After a long wait, I present to you the official YouTube Channel of all things R5 related: R5 THE LIVE!

While videos will be uploaded there, I’ll be including the vids themselves on the feed for your enjoyment. Hopefully, this will be the start of a trend for me and you’ll be seeing more video entries come time for cons. Maybe even a few Live bits if I can find a connection and means to edit on the go.

Anyways, here’s our first clip which was shot (and almost forgotten about) at Anime Central 07: “Ode to That Guy”.

Warning it may get a bit sappy.

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This Week:
On October 31st, Mike, Sylene, and new co-host Mai, attempted to record an Halloween-themed episode. What occurred was the most terrifying, blood-chilling, most horrible experience ever recorded on a podcast. As a result, this episode was locked and sealed away, never to be heard from again…that was, until now.

Featured in this episode: A look at the Devilman franchise and why you should avoid the 2004 movie like Macross Zero, 8 J-Horror Films To Die For, an all-girl Visual Kei band, and Satanic Care Bears.

PRODUCTION NOTES
-This episode had so many production snags and has been the cause of so much stress that I’ve come to the conclusion that we’d better win an award next year. That and this is yet another episode that nobody better not bitch about.

-The J-Horror List and the Devilman Review took the longest amount of time to produce, namely because of procuring clips and music. The Devilman review alone took two days to produce.

-If I hadn’t thought of it months in advance, the recent GeGeGe no Kitaro film would have been in the Target Scope segment. Meh, maybe next time.

-This episode marks the first in-show appearance of Mai, our new “Tokyo Liason”. What exactly does that mean? You’ll just have to wait and see…

-Turns out that the Apocalypse of Devilman storyline came about a separate manga entitled “AMON: Darkside of Devilman”. Knew I was a bit rusty >_<

-Yes, my cheering at the end of the J-Horror list is in fact a reference to Dogma. Specifically, this scene…

-Special thanks goes out to Aimnemesis from The Grudge LJ Community and Morigan666 from Galbadia Hotel for their help with procuring the Ju-On and Ring soundtracks.

OP THEME: “FREE FREE” - Ami Suzuki
ED THEME : “SCARLETT” - Elie Park (Audition Main Theme
PICK OF THE WEEK: “Duty” - Danger Gang

THINGS I DON’T GET
-Kawaii! JeNny: Why Can’t People Like It?

-Resident Evil 3 in the Japanese Box Office

Japan, here’s what you should be going to see this weekend.

-Kamen Rider THE NEXT & Toshiki Inoue
-Igadevil’s Review of THE NEXT
-Toshiki Inoue’s Writing Track Record (In Japanese)

INSTANT WIN - Negative Happy Chainsaw End
EPIC FAIL - Open Season on Kurosawa Remakes

ALL ABOUT DEVILMAN
-Wikipedia Entry
-Devilworld - The Net’s best Devilman resource
-Scans of Neo Devilman (NSFW)
-Translation of the original Apocalypse of Devilman manga (NSFW…Sensing the trend here?)
-And as promised, the first teaser trailer for the 2004 movie:

TRAILERS
“Zombie Thunderbolt”
Produced, Written, and Directed by Mike Dent

“Care Bears of Satan”
Produced by Elie Hirschman
Written by Eric Busby

“Gas Powered Gas Powered Death”
Produced, Written, and Directed by ig.

8 J-HORROR FILMS TO DIE FOR

8.) Ring

7.) Suicide Circle

6.) Audition

5.) Reincarnation

4.) Ju-On: The Grudge

3.) Versus

2.) Uzumaki

1.) War

BGM
-”His Prescription Is Pain” - Grindhouse OST
-”LOVE ME AFTER 12AM” - m-flo loves
-”Intermission Music” - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
-”Birth of Devilman” - Devilman TV Series Drama CD
-Select Tracks from Devilman Original TV Soundtrack
-Select Tracks from Devilman: The Birth/Demon Bird Chapter Soundtrack
-”Mae no Tsuzuki” - MANGAHEAD (AMON: Apocalypse of Devilman Main Theme)
-Clip from “SAPP Time!” - Bob Sapp
-”Genes” - Ring OST
-”Genesis Song” - ROLLY (Suicide Circle OST)
-”Honey, this mirror isn’t big enough for the both of us” -My Chemical Romance
-”Dakota” - Grindhouse Soundtrack
-”The Spectacle Repeats Itself” - Ju-On OST
-”VERSUS” - Versus OST
-”Raven” - Do As Infinity (Uzumaki Main Theme)
-”eye catch ~Galaxy 4 Fantasy~” - Crazy Ken Band
-”eye catch ~ginga no ma~” - Crazy Ken Band
-”Japanova” - KC Saito

LINKS
-It’s SAPP Time! PV
-The Best Of The Devilman English Dub (NSFW)
-Takashi Shimizu’s Original Ju-On Shorts from Gakko no Kaidan G
-My Chemical Romance’s Audition Music Video
-Wikipedia Entry on Visual Kei

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This Week:
Mike learns from his friend Carlos that Aladdin’s Castle, the last great video arcade in the greater Milwaukee area has closed and travels with him to pay his final respects.

Rest in peace, AC.

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This Week:
With Mike recovering after having been turned into Tang/LCL last episode, Sylene jumps into the hot seat to unleash the long awaited Power Morphicon episode. Featuring an interview with Austin St. John and Steve Cardenas (Jason and Rocky respectively) from “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” and one very epic convention highlight montage. At least in my opinion it is…

Stay tuned for forthcoming Production Notes and videos!

PRODUCTION NOTES
-That Opening Morph Retrospective sequence took something like 5 hours to assemble and mix. Cool Edit almost crashed twice and I ended up having to clear out 3 gigs on the hard drive just to maintain the clips that were still low quality and a pain in the ass to get the levels right. Therefore, nobody is allowed to bitch about it in any shape way or form lest they want Sylene and I on their doorstep with the Ideon Gun.

-The reference of me being turned into LCL is from Episode 45. Shame really, Rei was kinda hot…

-Originally as an added bonus, I was going to include audio for all the panels Keith recorded. However, I found a guy on YouTube who got great quality vids of most of the panels here. If anybody does want the full audio, go to HJU and let your voices be heard.

-I reaaaally should have put in a third break so that it matched up. Sorry folks >_>

-And yes, the audio bit at the end came from the rather controversial Bandai panel. I hope it doesn’t come off as mean >_> Still, that panel was made of epic failure according to some fans and I don’t feel like uploading it.

OP THEME: FREE FREE - Ami Suzuki
ED THEME: Catch Me - JYONGRI
PICK OF THE WEEK: Senshi/Fighter In the Screen - K. JUNO

BGM:
Go Go Power Rangers (Movie Version) - The PR Orchestra
Operation Overdrive Main Theme -
Mystic Force Main Theme -
SPD Extended Theme - Ron Wasserman
Zords - Ron Wasserman
Japanova - KC Saito
Himitsu Piano - KC Saito

SPECIAL THANKS:
-Keith “J-Caizer/John Crichton” Hayward for busting your ass at PMC to get audio and for that awesome interview with Austin and Steve. Sylene still won’t tackle hug you though. I tried my best man…

-All the staff at PMC for pulling off a miracle. Wish I could have gone though T_T

-Samuel Benta, Paul Schrier and Rhoda for doing bumpers for us.

LINKS:
-Rangerboard
-Power Rangers @ Wikipedia (For those that want to play catch up :P)
-Rangercast (Yes, they’re linked on the page but they also did some Morphicon episodes with a lot more content than us.)

VIDS

From Sylene:

The Koenigsegg CCX in action via Top Gear

SYLENE: Best. Car. Ever!
MIKE: Yes, and thank thank god you got the Top Gear Wing version…
SYLENE: Oh, how come?
MIKE: *shows her test drive video*
SYLENE: Oh.

–

From PMC

Clip from the Austin St. John and Steve Cardenas Interview

…I wish I was there guys T_T

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“Wes Was Right”

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“This is what I have to put up with…”

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“The Sea of Twanquiwity”

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“Accent Exchange”

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“I Don’t Know It!

More vids on the way!

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This Week:
After recovering from the aftermath of the Parsec Awards, Mike and Sylene return with a new episode of R5 that takes a look at Ideon the whole Evangelion franchise.

At the same time, they reveal the truth about the possible rebirth of the Metal Hero franchise, a feud at the Tokyo International Film Festival that made the Kanye/50 Cent record war look like a schoolyard brawl, and what happens when you drink too much Tang.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
-I’m kind of divided about this episode really. It’s our first major review episode but at the same time, I had to rush certain features to focus on getting the Target Scope done. Meh, it’s just like that old saying: The moment you’re satisfied with something you’ve created, you’re dead.

-The voice yelling at us to get on with the show is Villeta who was introduced in the ending of Episode 44.5. As for her helping us..you’ll have to wait and see on that one.

-The bit in the beginning with myself and Sylene is a word for word remake of the Pre-Third Impact Scene from End of Eva. God it was a pain to get the timing down.

-The banner for this episode is a parody of the original poster for End of Eva if you couldn’t figure that out…

Took an extra effort to try and find a background image to match it. I know it could have used more of an orange filter…

-Special thanks to Melissa for being our Rei for this episode

-And no, a full version of me singing “Mama Said Knock You Out” does not exist.

….Tell you what, donate at least 100 bucks to the show and I’ll do it

Behold…The Great Repeating Bitchslap

OP THEME: FREE FREE - Ami Suzuki
ED THEME: Fly Me To The Moon (”Platinum” Version)
PICK OF THE WEEK: “Transamerica Ultra Rock” - Electric Eel Shock

INSTANT WIN - Gatchaman CGI Film getting Paul Dini to sign on.
EPIC FAIL - Disney going through with their adaptation of Gatchaman (which is going to suck hard)

BGM
Komm, Susser Tod - End of Eva OST
Thanatos - End of Eva OST
Love Me After 12AM -
Uchuu Keiji Shaider - Akira Kushida
Sailing Fly - Ideon: A Contact
Select Tracks from Ideon: A Contact/Be Invoked

ALL THINGS ZAIDO
-Entry on Justice ACE with clips from Super Twins and other classic GMA shows
-Zaido Sneak Peek

ALL ABOUT IDEON
-Wikipedia Entry
-Shin-Getter Fansubs
-Ideon Soundtrack Pack (It’s Galbadia Hotel. You’ll have to register for it but big deal, life goes on :P)

LINKS
-Dai Nipponjin Trailer
-Glory to the Filmmaker Trailer
-Funimation Official Aquarion Site
-Ultraseven X Official Site

VIDS

Another installment of Electric Eel Shock’s “How to Fish Rock and Roll Style”

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Ultraseven X TV Spot

IDEON VIDS (HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD)

Ideon Opening

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Trailers for A Contact and Be Invoked

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Clip: “Ideon Invoked“

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The Infamous Death Montage (NSFW and VERY Graphic)

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Clip: The Beginning of the End

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SoC Ideon (God how I want it…)

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…..Yeah, never give animators at Sunrise too much beer, they do stuff like that.

PRODUCTION NOTES
*This is all for people that are new to the show or need refreshers

-This episode marks the return of Ami to R5 Central. She’s previously appeared in Episodes 7 through 14, covering most of Series 1 and 2. Her last appearance was in Episode 29.

-The reference about Ai’s demise related back to Episode 36.

-As for the hesitation when talking about Jade and to her whereabouts period, it’s covered briefly during the Epic ACEN Trilogy (Episodes 39, 40, 40.5.2) but there’s a forthcoming Side Story to episode 38 that shall explain everything..

OP THEME - Free Free - Ami Suzuki
ED THEME - Catch Me - JYONGRI

BGM LIST
Suddenly, Last Night - 009-1 OST
Never to Late - Kamen Rider Blade
Fight! Double Guyver! - Bio Booster Armor Guyver OVA
End of Evangelion OST
Zankoku wa Douha - Dancougar OST
Dengeki Sentai Changeman OST
Toppa - Dancougar OST
Devilman OVA Soundtrack